Saturday, September 27, 2008

Stars - cuts and signings

Here the players that were cut : D Trevor Ludwig to Manitoba (AHL), F Tyler Shelast to Hamilton (AHL), F John Lammers to Idaho (ECHL), F Lauri Tukonen to Ilves Tampere (Finland), and F Jamie Benn to Kelowna (WHL). Benn had a very impressive training camp, he should crack the roster next season.

The Stars also released G Joey Perricone, D Nolan Pratt and D Matt Stephenson.Pratt was there on a try-out basis.

Finally, the Stars announced yesterday that the club has signed defenseman Guillaume Monast to a three-year entry-level contract, and defenseman Trevor Ludwig to a two-year entry-level deal.Trevor is the son of former NHL-er Craig Ludwig.